California voters have rejected an attempt to overhaul and roll back decades-old environmental rules to make it easier to build highways, housing, and clean energy projects. Known as Proposition 45, the proposed changes to California’s Environmental Quality Act failed with 55.9% of voters rejecting the measure, with 77% of the votes in as of Monday […]

The Associated Press has projected the results for nine of the 14 ballot measures California voters decided on.

Resilient Republican David Valadao in the San Joaquin Valley can't survive Trump backlash, loses seat to Randy Villegas, a Democrat who ran on economic populism.

A dog made a new best friend on Sunday after an Orange County firefighter saved it from an apartment fire in Irvine. The fire broke out in an apartment on the first floor of a two-story complex on Parkview Lane, close to Michelson and Culver drives, just before 4 p.m., according to the Orange County Fire Authority. Video from the scene shows neighbors using fire extinguishers from the complex to put out some of the flames before firefighters...

Xavier Becerra’s recent election as California governor highlights the state’s unique blend of Catholicism and progressive politics

The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday requested to dismiss its own lawsuit that sought to stop California from counting roughly 20,000 ballots it claimed went to noncitizens until their immigration statuses could be verified.

Chad Bianco betrayed public trust by seizing ballots in hopes of winning Trump's endorsement. Riverside County was right to say Bianco should pony up for his legal bills.

U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia, a Democrat from California, had a message for President Donald Trump’s administration officials Tuesday night as Democrats claimed victory in the U.S. House and Senate: “Lawyer up.” Garcia is set to become chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Garcia said the committee, soon to be under Democratic control, will investigate Trump’s family ...